Ritual (White Lies album)

Ritual is the second studio album by the British Indie rock[14] band White Lies.[15] It was released on 17 January 2011 by Fiction Records. The album was produced by Alan Moulder and Max Dingel,[16] at the Assault & Battery Studios in London.[17] The art direction and design were done by Tom Hingston Studio, featuring the Hartridge twins, Alice and Jessica, on the cover. The album's lead single, "Bigger than Us", was released on 3 January 2011.[18]

Ritual
Studio album by
White Lies
Released17 January 2011 (2011-01-17)
StudioAssault and Battery 2 (London, England)
GenreIndie rock, post-punk revival
Length49:39
LabelFiction
ProducerAlan Moulder, Max Dingel
White Lies chronology
To Lose My Life...
(2009)		 Ritual
(2011)		 Big TV
(2013)
Singles from Ritual
  1. "Bigger than Us"
    Released: 3 January 2011
  2. "Strangers"
    Released: 21 March 2011
  3. "Holy Ghost"
    Released: 10 June 2011
  4. "The Power & the Glory"
    Released: 25 September 2011
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic60/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
BBC Music(positive) [2]
Drowned In Sound [3]
AllMusic [4]
NME [5]
Rolling Stone [6]
Spin[7]
Sputnik Music [8]
The Telegraph [9]
Pitchfork(2.5/10) [10]
Paste Magazine(8.4/10) [11]
The Quietus(very negative) [12]
TMR – The Music Review]] (7/10) [13]

A Ritual short film was released, containing three songs from the album: "Bad Love", "Holy Ghost" and "Bigger than Us".

Reception

Ritual was met with mixed reviews. According to Metacritic, Ritual garnered an average score of 60 out of 100, from 24 reviews.[19]

As of January 2012, UK sales stand at 95,000 copies according to The Guardian.[20]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Harry McVeigh, Charles Cave and Jack Lawrence-Brown.

No.TitleLength
1."Is Love"4:52
2."Strangers"5:24
3."Bigger than Us"4:43
4."Peace & Quiet"5:54
5."Streetlights"5:00
6."Holy Ghost"4:22
7."Turn the Bells"5:04
8."The Power & the Glory"5:13
9."Bad Love"3:58
10."Come Down"5:10
Japanese edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Bigger than Us (Walls Hold Me Remix)"6:39
12."Is Love (Stereolab Remix)"6:26

Personnel
White Lies
Additional personnel

Charts

Weekly charts
Chart (2011) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[21] 21
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[22] 4
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[23] 27
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[24] 2
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[25] 3
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[26] 20
French Albums (SNEP)[27] 123
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[28] 10
Irish Albums (IRMA)[29] 7
Italian Albums (FIMI)[30] 64
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[31] 19
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[32] 14
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[33] 94
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[34] 12
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[35] 15
UK Albums (OCC)[36] 3
US Billboard 200[37] 95
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[38] 14
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[39] 22

Year-end charts
Chart (2011) Position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[40] 60
UK Albums (OCC)[41] 165

References
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